Your all time F1 heroes?

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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

Ok Ladies can we hold it right there!!!!! Heroes please, debate about whether or not Norman Wisdom would have won at least 5 Championships in a Brawn uber-design without resorting to 'dodgems' should be moved to another thread - Feel free Coulthard fan.

None of the above should be interpreted as a personal bias, it might very well be - just don't interpret it that way!
Further digression will be eradicated, respect my authoritah ((c) Cartman)

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I moved this thread onto the history board as it relates to history.

I will endorse Mintexmemory's warning. Behave yourselves.

No personal abuse.
Attack the post not the poster (if you must)
And as it's the history forum stick to facts not fantasies.

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Originally Posted by FAL

I'll repeat what I recently posted in "another place":
To be a "hero" really presupposes some single outstanding deed (eg. rescuing another driver) that outweighs all other faults, or, that the individual really is a person with no scheming "side" whatsoever to them. The latter rules out virtually all successfull people in any sport, business etc. not just F1 or motorsport in general.
In the latter category from F1 I would place Jim Clark and Tony Brooks...and I'm struggling for any other names.

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Hero is an abused word.

It means different things to different people.

There's the 'hero driver' who takes great risks at driving to the limit yet sets hearts racing but you have to be able to appreciate/separate this positive aspect with the negatives.

There are legends of the sport that looked up upon as 'heroes'.

Or there's the true or should that be contemporary definition of hero as a person who performs an act of goodness that is more or less sacrificial ie. saving a persons life.

To that end with the last definition one person that springs to mind is David Purley who tried in vain to save the life of Roger Williamson at the 1973 Dutch GP. Who didn't even bother to stop despite being vocal for greater safety improvements and went on to win the race? A wee chap by the name of Jackie Stewart....

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Originally Posted by wedge

Who didn't even bother to stop despite being vocal for greater safety improvements and went on to win the race? A wee chap by the name of Jackie Stewart....

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Really Wedge? I mean Purley was certainly a hero however:

Graham Hill, Chris Amon, James Hunt, Ronnie Peterson, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Clay Regazzoni, Carlos Pace, Carlos Reutemann, François Cevert, Peter Revson, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, as well as everyone else in the field didn't stop, why single out JYS :confused:
It is my understanding that race control screwed up by thinking it was Purley's car that crashed, and seeing that he was not hurt let the race continue under yellow. The other drivers said to a man that they thought Purley was trying to put a fire out in his own car, and didn't know that a second car/driver had been involved.
Why you want to trash JYS out in the race he broke Jim Clark's record, and became to become winningest pilot in F1 history?

I never explicitly trashed JYS.

Merely suggested a line of argument for one to think about/open to debate and not one which I fully advocate.

Fair enough sir.

I have no heroes, I never have had nor will I ever. But there are people who are to be admired for different reasons. Out of drivers, I could point out Schumacher, Senna, Räikkönen, Irvine, Berger, Keke Rosberg.

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

Murray Walker.

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Oh come on!!

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Originally Posted by steveaki13

Those are three names most wont argue with.

Even those few (we know who they are ;) ) who werent keen on Murray Walker must recognise that he got many semi interested fans hooked with his loud, excited, grab you by the throat style.

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LOL. I would like to grab Murray by his throat indeed and tell him to stop raping the ears of innocent people with his drivel.

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Originally Posted by Coulthard Fan

There was a video on YouTube a couple of years ago called the Truth about Michael Schumacher was very interesting it has been taken down now for copyright reasons.

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LOL. 9/11 conspiracy theories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Considering your brainpower, you should find that good reading.

Why Irvine Garry? Would just be interested to know. Alot of people often critise or laugh at Irvine. I think he done a good job.

I would suggest hamilton and vettel combined.. but everyone has different view points!

I always had a soft spot too for Rubens. He was a genuinely nice guy for the most part and despite being reguarded by many as Schumi's door mate. He actually had a very good F1 career in terms of wins, podiums and points. Of course holding the record for F1 races entered also is a special achievement

Im sure that E.T. - Atari 2600 is the worst video game of all time, thats why I voted, but I gotta admit there are a few games in this poll that Ive didnt know about.